I joined Prof. Anil to meet B.V. Doshi at his architecture bureau Sangath in Ahmedabad. More than a week has passed since then, but still, I think I should blog about this meeting. For those non-Indians and few Indians who don’t know him, I am told that B.V. Doshi is one of the most influential … Continue reading →

Europe is going through a tough time, a lot of questions which were never asked are being asked. But when the euro-zone is becoming suspect, the deficit is expanding, the social disaffection with politicians is increasing, the debate is becoming more intense. The unemployment rate in the South has gone up to 30-40 per cent … Continue reading →

The sun was about to set in the local craft market, where we had gone to experience art, culture and food. Kelli Ryan complimented my talk that I had given earlier this day at the inaugural session of the World Indigenous Network Conference WINC2013 in Darwin, Australia, and said that she was trying to do … Continue reading →

More than 1200 activists, professionals, community representatives, elders, herders, academics and students from 55 countries got together in Darwin, part of Larrakia Country, to exchange, explore and embed their concern about the cultural erosion of knowledge of elders and about how to tap the curiosity of young people to preserve and persist with what should … Continue reading →

Most of us think of Siberia either for the cranes which fly from there every year for India or for the dissidents who were sent there during communist rule. But now we will have an additional reason to think of Siberia. And that is the distinction of being Russia’s first node of the Honey Bee Network … Continue reading →

Many things have begun to change in the aftermath of the recent European economic crisis. One of that is enhanced openness to look around, learn from unexpected quarters and see beyond the conventional boundaries for signs of hope. I was invited to share the insights from the Honey Bee Network precisely for such a purpose … Continue reading →